Beagle sniffs for bedbugs in books bought from Chappaqua Library

9:56 PM,
Jun. 15, 2013

Trixie sniffs out possible traces of bedbugs in old books purchased recently from the Chppaqua Library.

Written by

Robert Marchant

Book buyers who went home with purchases from the Chappaqua Library - where bedbugs were recently discovered - had some anxious moments when they found out they might have checked out the tiny pests along with their books.

The book buyers got some relief Saturday thanks to a 5-year-old beagle named Trixie who is trained to sniff out bedbugs. The dog and handler went through hundreds of books at the Town Hall parking lot to find traces of contamination. A local pest-management company, JP McHale, donated its services.

Mimi Fine, a mother of three , brought a load of old books to be searched. They ...